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What is Recommendation 29? What is Our Agency? Recommendation 29 of the Royal Commission into Victoria’s Mental Health System called for a new agency led

On Wednesday 6 September, the Minister for Mental Health, the Honourable Gabrielle Williams, visited our North East Metro Mental Health and Wellbeing Connect service and

Are you interested in talking about your perceptions of compulsory treatment for alcohol dependence?  Researchers from the University of New South Wales are conducting face-to-face

Coronial findings into the death of Veronica Nelson have highlighted the tragic consequences of pervasive stigmatisation of people, especially women who use drugs. This prejudice

The Victorian Government is preparing to decriminalise public drunkenness and has committed to implementing a health-based response to replace police powers to arrest. For change

The Regina Brindle Foundation formed in 2019 to honour Regina’s significant contribution to promoting the voices of Alcohol and Other Drugs and Mental Health service

You are warmly invited to attend SHARC’s AGM on Monday 21 November 2022. Our theme this year is ‘It’s Time: Lived & Living Experience’, reflecting

We’ve got news! The Our Agency Project has launched SHARC is working in partnership with VMIAC to launch Our Agency, a new place and space

Listen to SHARC’s CEO, Heather Pickard, discussing the exciting times currently in play for the alcohol and other drug sector arising out of the Royal

Designed to bring together lived and living experience workers from across the mental health and AOD sectors, this innovative, cross-sectoral forum “Coming Together: shared conversations